title: [Gastric carcinoma in patients younger than 30 years of age. Report of 11 cases].
abstract: Eleven cases of gastric carcinoma occurring in patients younger than 30 years were found in a pool of 929 diagnosed in Hospital General de Castelló during the period of 1976 to 1995. Ten patients were male (10/11). The mean age was 26.9 years. In eight cases precancerous lesions were present. The mean time between diagnosis and surgery was 9 months. The most frequent location was the antrum (63.6%) and the most common histology was gastric/diffuse adenocarcinoma of signet-ring cell type (45.5%). Amplified partial gastrectomy was performed in 81.8%, with Billroth II anastomosis in 36.4%. Immediate postoperative mortality rate was 9.1% and the overall mean survival 56 months, being of 54% and 36% at two and five years, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna-Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General, Castellón.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monferrer Guardiola
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cortés Vizcaíno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usó Blasco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palau Romero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Carcinoma gástrico en pacientes menores de 30 años. Presentación de once casos.